Photos by Marc Fong //

The Rosebuds with El May //
The Independent – San Francisco
August 26th, 2014 //

Raleigh, N.C.-based indie rockers The Rosebuds have been going at it strong for more than 10 years now with multi-instrumentalists Ivan Howard (vocals, guitar, drums, bass, keyboards and programming) and Kelly Crisp (vocals, keyboard, drums, guitar and accordion) leading the way. Releasing its sixth and newest full-length album Sand+Silence earlier this month on Western Vinyl, the duo brought its beautiful, yet haunting melodies to The Independent on Tuesday night. El May, featuring Australian musician/composer Lara Meyerratken (currently based in Los Angeles), opened the show just hours after dropping their sophomore LP The Other Person Is You on British indie label Lojinx. Marc Fong was back at work, capturing The Rosebuds do their thing from start to finish.